Pillow



June 18, 1957 L. C. MYERS PILLOW Original Filed July 9, 1951 IN VEN7-0/2 LESLIE C. MYERS W iww Continuation of application Serial No.235,709,

July 9, This application June 21, 1954, Serial No.

3 Claims. (Cl. --337) My invention relates to a new and usefulimprovement in pillows and is a continuation of my copending applicationfiled July 9, 1951, Serial Number 235,709, now abandoned.

Pillows have been made in many different shapes and designs. Some areadapted to support the head when the user is in a sitting position;others have recesses at the side so that when the head is on the sidethe ears and face lie within the recess to eliminate pressure thereon,and still others are designed for different specific purposes. All suchpillows appears to have one common objective, towit, to provide a formof comfort depending on the par ticular design, for the head only of theuser and sometimes the neck. A head support alone, however, is notsufficient for all persons to provide complete sleeping and restingcomfort. Especially is this true during an illness when long periods ofbed confinement are required. Persons so confined soon seek ways andmeans to alleviate their discomfort from lying in bed and for thispurpose I find that a pillow that provides support for the shoulders andarms has been exceedingly helpful.

It is therefore the general aim of my invention to provide a pillowhaving not only a supporting portion for the head of the user but alsoshoulder and arm cushioning members.

More specifically, I provide a pillow having a rectangular head restportion and arm members extending downwardly therefrom in spacedrelationship to form a recess that has its major axis disposedtransversely of the head rest portion. The pillow is designed to supportthe head, shoulder and arms of the user and the body of the user will bewithin the recess and be supported by the bed, couch or the like.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated areattained as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims,and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of my new pillow,

Fig. 2 is a top view of my pillow with the broken lines indicating thefigure of a person using the same, and

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the pillow taken on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2.

Referring to the drawings I show my pillow in Fig. 1 as having anoverall general elongated rectangular appearance consisting of the upperor head supporting portion and the depending arm portions 11 and 12. Thearms 11 and 12 are spaced apart to form the elongated recess 13 that hasthe arcuate upper end 14. The recess 13 extends more than half of thedistance between the top 15 and bottom 16 edges of the pillow leavingthe head portion 10 of a rectangular shape having its major axis dis-2,795,802 Patented June 18, 1957 posed transversely of the recess. Thusconstructed, the head rest portion 10 is designed to present a pillowsurface not dissimilar in size and shape from those commonly used forsleeping and resting. The arm portions 11 and 12 extend downwardly forthe purpose of providing a cushioned support for the entire arm of theuser as shown in Fig. 2. The curved or arcuate upper edge 14 of therecess 13 results in the upper portions of the arms 11 and 12 beingsomewhat wider than the lower portions and these wider portionsindicated by the numerals 17 and 13 provide cushioned or pillow supportsfor the shoulders of the user.

In actual use the head and neck of a user 19 will rest on the headportion 10; the body or trunk will be within the recess 13, the armswill lie on the members 11 and 12 and shoulders will be cushioned at thepoints 17 and 18. This pillow finds its more useful application in caseswhere the user has been bedfast for an extended period. During such aconfinement the arms not only become tired at times but also the skin atthe elbows may become irritated from constant contact with the bed whichis relatively hard when compared with a soft pillow. Since the head iselevated when on a pillow the arms are not on an exact horizontal planeand if they can be elevated slightly it adds greatly to the personscomfort. Frequently bedfast persons will place an extra pillow undertheir arms just to accomplish this purpose. Unless a person is requiredto remain immovable he will turn from side to side not only while awakebut during sleep and when he does this my pillow provides a cushionedsupport under his shoulder and arms. No special filling 20 is necessaryfor my pillow but preferably it should be of soft and yielding material.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of mypillow without departing from the real spirit and purpose of myinvention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modifiedforms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may bereasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a pillow of the class described, a rectangular head rest portionwith integral elongated arm supporting members extending therefrom inthe same plane, said arms being parallel and spaced apart to form arecess therebetween having its major axis disposed transversely of saidhead rest portion.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a pillow of substantiallyrectangular shape, said pillow having a centrally arranged recesstherein for embracing only the trunk portion of a person, parallel armsupporting portions at respective sides of said recess, a head restportion above said recess and integrally formed with said arm supportingportions; said head rest portion having its major axis transversely ofsaid recess, and said arm supporting portions lying in the same plane assaid head rest portion.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a pillow, comprising, two elongatedspaced apart parallel cushioned arms for supporting the arms of a user,said arms each terminating in an integral head rest portion extendingbetween the outer extremities of said arms at one end, and said arms andsaid head rest lying in the same plane.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,577,595 Tobias Dec. 4, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS 328,577 Great Britain Apr.29, 1930 398,246 Great Britain Sept. 11, 1933

